Now graduated, Hall is a student at the University of Phoenix, located at 30 S. 17th St. in Center City, where he is studying business management in order to work toward his goal of becoming an entrepreneur and better understanding local businesses, such as barbershops in his community.

Go anywhere around the city, in the barbershops, around the water coolers at work and on local talk radio and the discussion regarding where to lay blame for the condition of the city will rage on for hours, days and lately years.

In it, Bearden alternates between the commotion of Harlem -- street cars and barbershops, friends congregating on the corner -- and our quietest possible moments on earth -- through one of the building's windows, a couple makes love; through another, a man sits by himself on the backstairs.